Poetics of the pillory : English literature and seditious libel, 1660-1820 /
On the lapse of the Licensing Act in 1695, Thomas Macaulay wrote in his History of England, 'English literature was emancipated, and emancipated for ever, from the control of the government.' It's certainly true that the system of prior restraint enshrined in this Restoration measure...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2019.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Clarendon lectures in English.
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